Chief Asuquo Abia, the Secretary, Traditional Rulers Council, Esit Eket, told NAN in Esit Eket on Saturday that the gunmen invaded the palace of the paramount ruler in the wee hours of Friday morning. No fewer than 10 unknown gunmen on Friday night kidnapped the pregnant wife of Ubong Assam, the paramount ruler of Esit Eket in Akwa Ibom. The gunmen also abducted the four children of the traditional ruler. Abia, who is also the Village Head of Afaha Akpenedi, said the gunmen shot sporadically for over five hours from 1.30 a.m. to 6 a.m. “The gunmen destroyed part of the palace with dynamites and broke into all the rooms and carted away valuables,’’ he said. He said the gunmen arrived at the palace on Thursday claiming to be policemen from Abuja on an investigation. “They later came back the next day around 1.30 a.m. and shot sporadically till 6 a.m. in the morning,’’ Abia said. Also, a family member, Mr Norbert Assam, said that seven people wounded in the in...
A boy returns a missing purse to the owner in a market. The lady was so grateful but when she looked inside, she got confused and said, "but I had a single one thousand naira note, now there are ten pieces of hundred naira note, how come? The boy said, " na me change em, the last time wey I help person find purse, she say she for give me something but change no dey...
In a New York Times article, a woman who escaped the clutches of Boko Haram gives a chilling account of how the terrorists train women and girls to become suicide bombers. "Hold the bomb under your armpit to keep it steady", the women and girls were taught. Sever your enemy’s head from behind, to minimize struggling. “If you cut from the back of the neck, they die faster,” said Rahila Amos, a Nigerian grandmother describing the meticulous instruction she received from Boko Haram to become a suicide bomber. Of all the many horrors of Boko Haram’s rampage across West Africa - the attacks on mosques, churches and schools; the mass killings of civilians; the entire villages left in ashes after militants tear through - one of the most baffling has been its ability to turn captured women and girls into killers. Ms. Amos, 47, said the fighters had come to her village in the morning, firing weapons as they spilled out of cars and rounded up women...
Award-winning gospel artiste, author and teacher, Buchi Atuonwu who has impacted the Nigerian music scene greatly with memorable hits in the reggae genre has lost his mother, Mrs Alice Okechinyere Atuonwu. Going by Buchi’s penchant to write hit songs informed by the circumstance around him, it is not unlikely that his next album would contain a dedication, not only to his mother, but a song that can be personalised by everyone who has a strong sentimental attachment to his/her mother. Buchi and his four siblings were trained to graduate level by this primary school teacher and her modest civil-servant-husband through their sacrificial commitment to the welfare and education of their children and wards made this possible. Born Alice OkechinyereOnuegbe in Calabar, Nigeria to Mr and Mrs Peter Aruocha Onuegbe of Ogbuebule, Oboro in Ikwuano, Abia state, Alice’s childhood and early education were mainly in her place of birth. This explains her proficiency in Efik, Ibibio and Anang lang...
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ondo State has suffered a set back as two former commissioners, Local government Chairmen and two former Lawmakers defected to the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC. They claimed that over 5000 of former PDP chieftains dumped the ruling party for the opposition Party according to the Vanguard. The former commissioners include that of former Adult, Technical and Vocational Education Mrs Kehinde Momoh and that of Local government and Chieftaincy Affairs Mr. Tayo Oluwatuyi. Others include former members of the state House of Assembly Bamido Omogbehin and Oyebo Aladetan and the former Chairmen of local governments include Prince Olu Falolu, Tobi Akinlalu, Bailey Arohunmolase. Other former political office holders under the present government who jumped ship included Kasali Obanoyen, Chief Ajani Oladipupo, Mr Yele Akinya and Segun Ogodo. Speaking on behalf of defectors, Arohunmolase attr...
A very funny photo has been making the rounds on the internet which shows what in the real world will be considered very unrealistic. There is nothing Nigerians cannot make fun out of. The goat in the picture was seen peering at some newspapers and some funny guy named Mudia Leo has attached the above meaning to it. According to him: The goat is checking the newspapers to see if his name was published as one of those who ate our yams.. .(in relation to the #Dasukigate arms deal scandal) Lol!
As the trend of corruption cases rock Nigeria concerning the arms deal scam of $2.1 billion that has led to the arrest of the former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, Senator Dino Melaye seems to have been indicted with a fresh financial crime. Dino Melaye Senator Dino Melaye has been accused of operating a foreign account which is against the Code of Conduct Bureau that guides the conducts of public office holders in Nigeria. This shocking information was contained in a couple of Tweets by the highly controversial online news platform, SaharaReporters. The authenticity of the news is yet to be confirmed as it details some recent transaction of the Kogi state man. It is reported that this might be a counter-action against Melaye for supporting a bill that aims to gag the social media. Dino Melaye during the election had a romance with SaharaReporters before events went awry. See screenshots of Tweets from SaharaReporters' official...
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